We could have as few as 9 AAC teams playing but the conference will go on

[CousinRicky]

12 minutes ago, bcgruber said:

sounds like usf plans to play, against whom???

On the town hall Microsoft Team meeting last night VPofA MK said they'll play whomever will play us if some scheduled opponents can't field a team either because of State regulations and/or unhealthy players. The situation is obviously fluid and they are making contingency plans for tons of scenarios. But, as of last night, they plan on playing Texas @ Texas on whatever day the game is.  They are discussing scenarios in which some conference teams may play less conference games than others and how the standings/tiebreakers would work.  He also mentioned, as of now, there have been no cuts in pay.  But at the end he and FCJS both mentioned we needed some financial help from current and, hopefully, new boosters. They followed the meeting with sending out an email looking for donations. 

[Triple B]

14 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

They followed the meeting with sending out an email looking for donations. 

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[bcgruber]

I got that also

[WhoRUSF]

Imagine paying a school for being shut down...

[CousinRicky]

5 minutes ago, WhoRUSF said:

Imagine paying a school for being shut down...

My question, which didn't get addressed, was what happens to the payday at Tejas if they play it in front of no fans? 25%? 50%?  Do we still get the full pay?  I'm guessing not.

[WhoRUSF]

32 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

My question, which didn't get addressed, was what happens to the payday at Tejas if they play it in front of no fans? 25%? 50%?  Do we still get the full pay?  I'm guessing not.

I'd assume USF would hold UT accountable for full pay out regardless. The only way we accept less money is if they agree to future 1 for 1 home games and call it even. Unless there is a stipulation in the contract, or the state of Texas massively interferes with functions of the game, a contract should be a contract. 

[bcgruber]

I would think it is written in the contract as a percentage of the gate, which at the time was easier to predict what the amount would have been

[CousinRicky]

3 hours ago, WhoRUSF said:

I'd assume USF would hold UT accountable for full pay out regardless. The only way we accept less money is if they agree to future 1 for 1 home games and call it even. Unless there is a stipulation in the contract, or the state of Texas massively interferes with functions of the game, a contract should be a contract. 

Baseball players have contracts. Ask Blake Snell how that's going.

[Friscobull]

4 hours ago, CousinRicky said:

My question, which didn't get addressed, was what happens to the payday at Tejas if they play it in front of no fans? 25%? 50%?  Do we still get the full pay?  I'm guessing not.

I feel fairly certain there will be fans however not sure on the contract.  If we agree to get 1.9 million for them bailing out then not sure how they would tie it into attendance.  If they really wanted to split the gate then how does it work, there are so many hidden costs with the ticket costs and I doubt Texas had this in there contract, in the past  they would get 95k against  Tulsa.

[swamprat]

20 hours ago, WhoRUSF said:

I'd assume USF would hold UT accountable for full pay out regardless. The only way we accept less money is if they agree to future 1 for 1 home games and call it even. Unless there is a stipulation in the contract, or the state of Texas massively interferes with functions of the game, a contract should be a contract. 

I am not an expert but I believe most contracts of this sort have an "Act of God" clause that accounts for weather and other unseen events that would prevent the game from being played. It would depend entirely on how that is worded.